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TXT Makes Oricon History With 14 Straight No. 1 Albums
TXT became the first foreign artist to reach 14 consecutive No. 1 albums on Oricon's weekly chart as 7TH YEAR opened with 229,996 copies in Japan.
April 27, 2026
TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) became the first foreign artist ever to top Oricon’s weekly album chart with 14 consecutive No. 1 releases when 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns debuted atop the ranking dated April 27, 2026, according to Oricon’s chart for the April 13 to April 19 tracking week. The Japanese chart page lists 229,996 first week sales and an April 14 release date, turning a strong comeback into a category-breaking result. It is the clearest proof yet that this comeback landed exactly where TXT needed it to. The Korea Herald, citing BigHit Music, framed the milestone as the group’s 14th straight weekly Oricon No. 1 and an extension of TXT’s own record among foreign acts, which puts this run in a much bigger frame than routine comeback bragging rights. For TXT, it is the kind of Japan-market consistency that separates popular groups from durable institutions.
TXT’s 14th straight Oricon No. 1 is the actual story
TXT’s latest Japan milestone matters because it extends a streak that has been running since 2020, not because one album happened to land well for a week. BigHit Music said Tuesday, as reported by The Korea Herald, that 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns is the group’s 14th consecutive album to hit No. 1 on Oricon’s weekly album ranking. That means the group is not simply winning the current cycle. It is holding a multiyear grip on one of Asia’s hardest physical markets to dominate repeatedly. If you have been tracking TXT since our coverage of the 7TH YEAR comeback rollout, this result reads less like a surprise and more like the payoff from a release plan that kept momentum high across Korea, Japan, and global fan retail at the same time.
7TH YEAR gave TXT a huge first week in Japan, not just another headline
Oricon’s weekly page puts the album at 229,996 copies for its opening frame, which is the kind of number that turns a symbolic record into a concrete commercial win. That total also shows how cleanly the group converted comeback anticipation into sales after releasing the mini album on April 14 in Japan per Oricon’s listing. The broader comeback narrative has been strong for weeks, but this chart close gives it harder edges. As reported by The Korea Herald, the release also became TXT’s seventh million seller in Korea, which underscores how the group is scaling both home-market volume and Japan-specific demand at once. We have seen plenty of K-pop acts spike in Japan for a moment. Sustaining that response across 14 straight No. 1 albums is a very different level of market ownership.
TXT’s Japan grip is bigger than one chart cycle
TXT’s current run in Japan has been building through more than standard album drops. StarNews Korea reported that 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns also topped Oricon’s weekly combined album ranking with 237,407 points for the April 13 to April 19 frame, which gives the latest No. 1 more weight than a single physical-sales headline alone. That pattern also lines up with our recent look at K-pop’s stadium-and-dome super weekend in Japan, where the market kept rewarding both live scale and repeat retail power at once. Under HYBE and BigHit Music, TXT has turned Japan into one of the clearest proof points for its long-game strategy. Fourteen consecutive weekly No. 1 albums is not just a statistic. It is a market signal, and right now it says TXT is still operating with almost no wasted motion.
